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In an effort to kill two birds with one stone, I opted to listen to the newest Be Your Own Pet album, Get Awkward, while I was at the gym. Best idea ever. If ever there was an album that’s sole purpose was to make you want to thrash about ...

Crash Romeo’s second CD, GAVE ME THE CLAP!, comes with a great calling card, and it’s not a positive Wasserman test. No, “Popular” from the CD is featured this season on The Hills, the MTV reality series that everyone seems to know about but me. “Popular” is ...

Once I put Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea in my car CD player I didn’t want to take it out. I’m sure I looked like a freak to other drivers on the roads as I belted out the lyrics and bounced around as I waited for the ...

I’ll admit to being easily annoyed by cash-in albums, whether they’re released by record labels to fulfill contracts of bands that have long moved on, or by artists themselves. Last year, Al Jourgensen announced with great fanfare the retirement of the Ministry brand name, and just a ...

The trio from Portland Oregon elevates garage punk to what appears to be fabulous level.  But a closer look into the groups sound and stage performance reveals many more dimensions than MTV can provide. I first heard this band before they appeared, spliced in between reality crap, on MTV late ...

The Lions Rampant are fun --  like NOFX fun. Stuart Mackenzie's screaming works -- he comes across with a sound that reminds me of the old Punk Rock, like the the 70's idols, recreating the chaos for others to witness and practice in their own way. Those were the true ...

When the most interesting thing about an album is the horny naked chick on the cover, it just might be time to move onto the next CD in the rotation. Italian band, The Secret, suffers just that fate on their new disc, Disintoxication, which attempts brutal grindcore, but end up ...

It's amazing to see how far Thrice have come since the days of The Illusion of Safety.  This post-hardcore band has stretched itself in so many directions, the only thing fans can do at this point is wonder if there is anything Thrice won't do in their vibrant career.  When ...

Before I ever experienced a live punk rock show I bought the first album by the Bad Brains. I put it on and my friend walked in saying, “This kind of music is useless on record. It only makes sense if you’re at the show.” I disagreed. I thought it ...

All of my expectations I had for Do it Yourself by Victims of Circumstance were filled. The lyrics were simple and catchy and the music had a great high energy vibe to it, which I couldn’t help but bop my head to. I loved the raspy sound lead singer Mike ...